UK Urges World Leaders for Urgent Actions to Combat Climate Change Crisis

On Monday, the UK called World leaders for urgent actions to meet the world’s climate change targets.

According to a statement released on Monday, the world should recognize the urgency of action to keep 1.5 [degrees Celsius] alive.

"We honestly have to admit that most of the world nations aren’t doing enough and to “acknowledge the gap” between what their current plans would mean for annual global carbon dioxide emissions in 2030 and what is needed for 1.5oC. That gap is currently vast: in the region of 28 billion tonnes of CO2 a year, though rapid analyses published last week suggest that this number has fallen," the statement added.

It's worth noting that this request came just after a week of eye-catching deals on deforestation, methane, and so on.

Last week, over 40 world leaders backed and inked up to the new Breakthrough Agenda, including the US, India, EU, China, developing economies, and some of the countries most vulnerable to climate change – representing more than 70% of the world’s economy and every region.

Also in this regard, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson set out the first five goals, the Glasgow Breakthroughs, collectively covering more than 50% of global emissions:

Modeled on the UK’s landmark Net Zero Strategy, the Breakthrough Agenda will see countries and businesses coordinate and strengthen their climate action each year to dramatically scale and speed up the development and deployment of clean technologies and drive down costs this decade.

The aim is to make clean technologies the most affordable, accessible, and attractive choice for all globally in each of the most polluting sectors by 2030, particularly supporting the developing world to access the innovation and tools needed to transition to net zero.